gorollu

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • gorollo (Cabu Peñes)
  • goroḷḷu (Ayer, Teberga, Somiedu)
  • grollu (Valle Gordo)
  • groḷḷu (Patsuezu, Allande, Cuarto de los Valles)
  • gruḷḷu (Patsuezu, Miranda)
  • guroḷḷu (Cuarto de los Valles)
  • guruochu (Tox, with cheísmo)
  • gorochu (Valdés, with cheísmo)
  • gorullu (Mining Basins, Parres, methaphonetic expression)
  • gurullu (Llangréu, methaphonetic expression)
  • goruḷḷu (Ḷḷena, methaphonetic expression)
  • guruḷḷu (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Miñu, methaphonetic expression)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin voluclum from Latin involucrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoˈɾoʎu/ [ɡoˈɾo.ʎu]
  • Rhymes: -oʎu
  • Syllabification: go‧ro‧llu

Noun

gorollu m (plural gorollos)

  1. lump, flour lump
    Synonyms: cazuetu, taruyu
  2. bump on the head
    Synonyms: chinchón, hinchón, marrucu, tolondrón, tolondru
  3. soft, cone-shaped, half-fermented cheese